Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€14,200M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€283M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,957M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,699M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,270M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€4,865M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€14,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
34,500 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€27,000
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€10,284M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,567M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€21,259M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€974M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€544M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,226M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,599M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
316,480
Self-employed persons
36,970
Employment in manufacturing (C)
56,940
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
78.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
15.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
42.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
52.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
26.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.7%
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
611 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
3,240
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
552
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
5
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
379,049
Population aged 65+
123,890
Population aged under 15
84,572
Median age of population
43.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.7%
Crude rate of total population change
3.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.8 /1k
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.16
Population density (persons per km²)
75 /km²
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.9 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
11.3 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
23.6 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
480 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
49 /M